@washingtonpost I can see the GOP banning children from having mobile phones now....
@Lazarou @washingtonpost Most schools don’t allow students to have cell phones on in class now. They’re distracting as hell.
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost that's such a non issue in comparison to having a racist for a teacher. Plenty of students use their phones during school hours and still do fine, but there are many many students who wouldn't feel safe in a classroom with a racist.
@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost Have we seen any proof that the teacher is racist? All I’ve read is that she asked why the kids could say the N word and she couldn’t.
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost I'm sorry my wording in my reply is very poor, the point was that the potential for having a racist teacher (even if this one specifically isn't maliciously racist and is just ignorant) is much more of a concern than kids being on their phones in class :)))))))))))
@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost That is unquestionably true. Unfortunately, today’s kids are quick to point fingers. Don’t forget this is the generation who calls DHS/CPS on their own parents.
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost by "quick to point fingers" do you mean more willing to call people out on their bullshit? Because the CPS comment certainly doesn't make it feel that way
@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost I’ve had students who called CPS on their parents because their mother took their cell phone away.
@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost It bears some research, eh?
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost no, not really. Most people regardless of age don't lie about being abused. Kids are more than capable of recognizing something is wrong even if they don't have the tools in order to properly express and fix those wrongs. The few that do fall into the behavior pattern you're describing were likely still brought up in toxic environments and adopted deflection of blame and exaggeration as coping mechanisms from their lives experiences around toxic adults.
@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost You need to spend some time in an urban high school. Kids are different today. Thanks for the conversation.
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost no I think spending my time in any school in this country is a good way to guarantee I eat a few bullets. Also, that doesn't refute anything I said and honestly makes you seem more complicit
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost while I don't believe that's an impossibility, I severely doubt it being enough cases to be statistically significant